Saka scores 13-minute hat-trick and reveals conversation with Alexander-Arnold for stunner

Bukayo Saka's stunning season has come to a spell-binding end as he netted a hat-trick inside 13 minutes for England.

The Arsenal star's first came on 38 minutes as he fired into the roof of the net with his right foot to put England 2-0 up in their Euro 2024 qualifier against North Macedonia.

He then scored twice inside the opening six minutes of the second half with his second an effort rifled into the top left-hand corner of the net from outside the box after latching onto a pinpoint long ball by Trent Alexander-Arnold.

"He hits a shot which is just unstoppable. Absolute brilliance. A top quality finish," England legend Stuart Pearce said on commentary for talkSPORT.

And moments later he completed his hat-trick as he collected Harry Kane's through ball before slotting the ball home.

Saka scored three at Old Trafford and has four in England's Euro 2024 qualifying campaignCredit: Getty image

Saka's third on Monday night was a landmark moment for the 21-year-old as he netted the first treble of his professional career.

His goal saw England race to a 5-0 lead with Harry Kane opening the scoring before Marcus Rashford made it 3-0 on the stroke of half time.

Gareth Southgate's men weren't done there as substitute Kalvin Phillips made it 6-0 with a tap-in on 64 minutes.

Kane then got his second and England's seventh nine minutes later with a penalty after John Stones was hauled down in the North Macedonia box to seal a 7-0 thumping.

Another three goals for Saka but his second was definitely the pick of the bunch and the Arsenal man revealed it was in the planning with Liverpool star Alexander-Arnold.

"At half time I spoke with Trent about the pass he was going to do and I just had that feeling he was going to do it and I went," Saka told talkSPORT.

"He played a perfect pass, I didn't have to break my stride or anything, touched it down and went for the volley and it went in the top corner so I was buzzing.

"He's a pleasure to play with because he's always looking forward, he's always looking for us when we run in behind.

"Today he played with me and Rashy [Rashford], who are constantly making runs, so he's a player we enjoy playing with."